Fact · Speech recognition
Unity's scripting reference says that if dictation is not enabled in the Speech privacy settings, the DictationRecognizer fails when you call Start.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“If dictation is not enabled, DictationRecognizer will fail on Start”
DictationRecognizer: Unity Scripting API, Unity Technologies, Unity Scripting API documentation, 2026, Description, after the code example.
Open the original- What it measures
- The reference's example subscribes to an error event, so a game can log or show the failure instead of waiting for speech that never arrives.
- What it does not show
- The sentence describes the Start call only. It does not say what error text or code a game receives, so test the failure path on a Windows 10 machine with dictation turned off.